Table: Labor Requirements (Table: Labor Requirements) The table gives U.S.and Indian labor
Requirements (hours per unit of output) needed in each of four
Activities to produce the final product.Suppose that trade costs
Represent 25% of wage costs in India.Now where is the value
Chain sliced? Which operations will the United States offshore to
India?
A) assembly operations only
B) assembly operations and component production
C) assembly operations, component production, and office services
D) assembly operations, component production, office services, and R&D
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Manufacturing component work
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